2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We can find a balance, so in the spirit of honesty.. [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But much is not all. And I feel that your analysis of Sanders was a bit off.
Sanders, in my view, represents the farthest left current of the Democratic Party. He represents millions of what I consider to be natural Democratic voters who felt ignored in a DLC version of the Democratic Party.
And that left wing current of natural Democratic voters must either be ignored or their concerns must be addressed. It was the DLC type Democrats who engineered the ACA, saying that single payer was not an option. One can argue the motivation of such Democrats, but the fact is that it was Democrats who decided that the single payer option was off the table. The fact is that the ACA, for all the GOP lies about a government takeover, represents an affirmation that healthcare must be provided via for-profit insurance companies.
All in all, an excellent post JHan.
Guillaume